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Hailee Steinfeld shares set photo from the Transformers Bumblebee spinoff

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As production continues on Paramount Pictures’ Bumblebee movie, actress Hailee Steinfeld has taken to Instagram to share a new set photo from the Transformers spinoff, which sees her sitting in the driver’s seat of the fan favourite Autobot in his classic VW Beetle mode; check it out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ4wVKVH9dr/   On the run in the […]

Transformers: Bumblebee set photo features the classic VW Beetle

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As production on Paramount Pictures and Habsro’s Transformers spinoff movie Bumblebee continues in California, a set photo has arrived online showing the fan favourite Autobot is his classic 80s VW Beetle design; check it out here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BYHf2fUjdNt/   On the run in the year 1987, Bumblebee finds refuge in a junkyard in a small Californian […]

Bumblebee spinoff will take the Transformers franchise back to its G1 roots

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Given the negative reception to Transformers: The Last Knight, the fifth instalment of the blockbuster movie franchise, Paramount Pictures is looking to shake things up with its next offering as Michael Bay makes way for Kubo and the Two Strings director Travis Knight on the solo Bumblebee movie. And, according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, […]

Why Are Audiences Gravitating Towards Genre Subversions?

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George Chrysostomou on audiences gravitating towards genre subversions… This month marks the release of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the sequel to the surprise hit Kingsman: The Secret Service and it is of course just as genre bending as its predecessor. The franchise clearly plays off of some of the silliness of the Bond movies, with their own versions of […]

Transformers producer shares Bumblebee plot details, confirms classic VW Beetle form

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Following the disappointing box office opening for Transformers: The Last Knight (outside of China, at least), Hasbro and Paramount Pictures will be looking to shake up the franchise next year with the release of the first Transformers spinoff movie, focussing on the fan favourite Autobot Bumblebee. We’ve already heard that it will be “a very […]

Transformers producer says Bumblebee movie will be “a very distinctive departure” from previous films

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With the latest instalment in the franchise, Transformers: The Last Knight, opening to near-universally negative reviews [read ours here and here] and a series-low start at the box office, it seems that audiences may finally be tiring of the Michael Bay brand of Transformers movie. At least, that’s what Paramount and Hasbro will presumably be hoping, […]

Transformers: The Last Knight passes $600 million at the global box office

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It may not have enjoyed the same kind of success as the previous instalments in the series, but Paramount Pictures and Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight has now reached the $600 million milestone at the global box office. The Last Knight has grossed $601.1 million around the world, with $130.1 million domestically (a franchise […]

Transformers: The Last Knight claims $5.5 million on opening night

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Transformers: The Last Knight has got off to a solid start at the box office in its opening night. Tuesday night previews for the fifth film in sci-fi series came in at a healthy $5.5 million from about 3000 screens across North America. This figure matches that of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell […]

5 Transformers Spin-Off Movies That Should Be Made

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Ricky Church with five potential Transformers spinoff movies… With Transformers: The Last Knight potentially being Michael Bay’s final outing directing the franchise, Paramount and Hasbro are focusing on the future by developing not one, not two, but 14 potential spin-offs. A couple spin-offs we already know, such as Bumblebee and an animated prequel set on […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers: Salvation

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers: Salvation…  Exiled from civilization, the Dinobots are the last line of defense against the ultimate Cybertronian dinosaur – Trypticon! But how much are the Dinobots willing to sacrifice for a world that hates them? Out of the many transformers in the whole franchise, a lot of people’s favourites are the group […]